Survey on psychological and social factors of depression in medical college students

  Objective   Tomake asurvey and to analyze the depression of medical college students and related psychological and social factors.

  Methods   To stratificate and take out 509 students in some medical college in groups, then make asurvey and analyze the popular features and related factors.

  Results   The rate of students with depressed mood was 22.4%.There was significant difference in SDS depression scores of students in different grades; depression mood were closely related with following matters: personality, reacting ways tomater ial, comprehension of social support, daily life affairs, satisfaction degree to their majors, estimation about theiremployment perspective.

  Conclusion   It is important to take effective measures in healtheducation; to apply the positive reacting ways; to improve the ability to adjust themselves to the new environment; to perfect psychological quality to prevent or reduce the happening of depression.